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Heather Galvin
Judge Heather Galvin graduated from Kent State
University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science where she was a member
of the Golden Key National Honor Society and the Delta Zeta Sorority. She
obtained her Juris Doctor from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law at
Cleveland State University and is admitted to the practice of law in Ohio,
South Carolina, and Washington D.C. Prior to moving to South Carolina; she
worked for LexisNexis as an Applications Consultant and Senior Legal Research
Associate. Upon relocating to South Carolina, Judge Galvin served as an
Assistant Solicitor for the 14th Judicial Circuit. In 2007, she opened the Law
Offices of Heather Galvin focusing on the areas of family and probate law. As
part of her practice, she had the opportunity to serve as part-time Staff
Attorney for the Beaufort County Probate Court; contract attorney for the Guardian
ad litem programs in Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper
Counties in abuse and neglect proceedings involving children; and pro-bono
Special Prosecutor in Beaufort County for animal cruelty cases. In October of 2012, she was sworn in as
full-time Associate Probate Judge for Beaufort County where she served until
her election as Probate Judge in 2023.
She is the Second Vice President of the South Carolina Association of
Probate Judges and a member of the Executive Committee of the National College
of Probate Judges. In her spare time, she enjoys jogging, swimming, Pilates,
and tennis.
Beaufort County
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James Wegmann
Jim is a Partner in
the law firm of Weidner, Wegmann & Harper, LLC in Beaufort, South
Carolina. After graduating from the
University of Texas at Austin, Jim was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps. After flight
school, he served as a squadron aviator in VMA(AW)-121 and VMA(AW)-242. Thereafter, he was selected for the Marine
Corps Funded Law Education Program and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Oklahoma
City University School of Law. As a
Judge Advocate, Jim served in a variety of billets to include Chief Legal
Assistance Officer, Senior Defense Counsel, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney,
Director of the Tax Center and Civil Law Officer.
Jim is a member of
the South Carolina Bar since 1997, the South Carolina Federal Bar, the Texas
Bar since 1994 and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He is certified in South Carolina to mediate
in Family Court, Circuit Court, and Probate Court and has also been certified
as an arbitrator.
Happily married to
his wife Connie for the past 37 years, they have two sons, Captain Josh
Wegmann, USAF and Staff Sergeant Chris Wegmann, USAF.
Weidner, Wegmann & Harper, LLC
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Kathleen Crater
Kate
Crater completed her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill and received her juris doctor from the University of South Carolina
School of Law. Kate began her legal
career as a staff attorney with the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Kate has happily been with the Court of
Appeals for over eleven years, currently serving as the Chief Staff
Attorney. In this role, Kate serves as
the in-house mentor for new attorneys hired by the Court of Appeals as part of
the mandatory lawyer mentoring program administered by the South Carolina
Supreme Court's Commission on CLE. Kate
also enjoys teaching Advanced Legal Writing at the University of South Carolina
Law School and Legal Research and Writing for the University of South Carolina
Paralegal Certificate Program.
S.C. House of Representatives
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Kathleen Muthig
Kathleen Muthig is an experienced bankruptcy and creditors' rights attorney. She represents all types of creditors in litigation, including lenders, financial institutions, banks, credit unions, and landlords. In addition to her creditor practice, she has experience handling real property disputes, most of which are resulting from title insurance claims. Kathleen also has an administrative law practice, which includes helping businesses apply for alcohol licenses and trying contested cases before the Administrative Law Court. Prior to joining Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, Kathleen had a volume creditor bankruptcy practice where she represented national servicers and also handled real estate closings. The skills she learned in reviewing title work for closings serve her well in her practice today. Kathleen began her legal career as a staff attorney at the SC Supreme Court and later worked as in-house counsel at First Citizens Bank before entering private practice. Kathleen graduated from Furman University in 2008 and USC School of Law in 2011. She is from Summerville and attended Summerville High School. Professionally, she is a member of the J. Bratton Davis Bankruptcy American Inn of Court and has served as chair of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of S.C. Local Rules Committee. She is also a member of the State and Richland County bar associations. She has spoken recently on the ins and outs of federal civil practice and state court collections remedies. She is married and a mother of two bright, spirited boys who are 4 and 5 years old. In her spare time, she loves playing tennis, spending time at the beach, and learning how to garden.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
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Magalie Creech
Magalie is a managing member of the Finkel Law Firm and practices
in the litigation division of the firm’s Charleston office. Magalie manages the
firm’s creditor bankruptcy department and contested foreclosure
department. She represents national
banking associations and loan servicers state-wide in commercial and real
property-related litigation, with an emphasis in contested foreclosures,
bankruptcies, debt collections, and real estate matters. She also handles a
variety of civil litigation in both state and federal court, including
appellate practice. Magalie received her
Juris Doctorate from the Charleston School of Law in 2010 and a Bachelor of
Arts from Georgetown University, where she majored in Spanish language and
literature with a minor in Russian language. Magalie is a native French speaker
and fluent in Spanish.
City of Charleston
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Mikell Scarborough
Born in
Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Charleston, the son of The Honorable
Mikell R. and Mary Elizabeth LeMacks Scarborough. Attended the University of
the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, where I majored in English and Music. I
graduated from Sewanee in May, 2013 and worked for four years in education in
Little Rock, Arkansas and Columbia, South Carolina. I enrolled at the
University of South Carolina School of Law in the fall of 2017. While in law
school I was Editor in Chief of the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Journal and was a competing member of the Mock Trial team. I was also a member
of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court and the recipient of both the Claude N.
Sapp and Sherod H. Eadon Scholarship Awards. In the spring of 2020, I served as
extern to the Honorable James O. Spence. While working for Judge Spence I
became involved with the South Carolina Foreclosure Law Manual, Fourth Edition,
which was published by the Bar last fall. I graduated from law school in May,
2020 and took a job as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. D. Craig Brown in
Florence, South Carolina.
Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA
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Stephen Spitz
Stephen Spitz graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law. He taught at Indiana University School of Law Bloomington, University of South Carolina School of Law, University of Nebraska College of Law, Vermont Law School, Charleston School of Law. He worked on the Governor Riley's Water Law Committee, Governor Sanford's Water Law Committee.
He has taught numerous CLE's.
A Business Law Firm
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Suzanne Grigg
Suzanne (Suzi) Graham Grigg focuses her legal practice in the areas
of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights. Throughout the course of any given
day, Suzi works with a variety of financial institutions from traditional banks
to credit unions to mezzanine lenders. Her practice covers the entire state of
South Carolina. Whether it is negotiating with pro se Debtors or arguing cases
in the South Carolina Court of Appeals Suzi holds her respect of the law in
high regard and treats everyone as she would want to be treated.
When away from the office, Suzi is busy as a mother of two boys
and a wife. She is also very active in professional and community
organizations. Suzi has held leadership positions for the South Carolina
Bankruptcy Law Association and the International Women’s Insolvency &
Restructuring Confederation. She has also served on the Board of Directors for
the Oliver Gospel Mission, a ministry devoted to serving homeless men, women
and children. Suzi currently serves on the Board of Directors for Daybreak
LifeCare Center, a ministry devoted to saving lives and introducing the Gospel
to the people Daybreak serves. Suzi's family is active at the First Baptist
Church in Columbia, SC.
Suzi received a B.A. in History and German from the College of
Charleston. She then spent a summer in Vienna, Austria, with a Loyola University
School of Law Program. Suzi finished her first year of law school at Loyola and
then received her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law.
She was a Law School Admissions Representative and a member of the Christian
Legal Society.
Maynard Nexsen
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Teasa Weaver
York County Government
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Thomas Shook
Mr. Shook is a member of the Finkel Law Firm LLC
where his practice is concentrated in commercial and residential default
services and real estate. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of
South Carolina School of Law. While in
law school Mr. Shook received the CALI award (formerly the American
Jurisprudence Award) in Corporate Tax, was Editor in Chief of the SOUTH
CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL, and was a student member of the John Belton
O’Neill Inn of Court and Phi Delta Phi.
Prior to pursing a legal career, he served in the United States
Navy. Mr. Shook is a member of the South
Carolina Bar, the Charleston County Bar, and the South Carolina Bar Real Estate
Practices Section.
Mr. Shook authored Ninth Circuit Rejects Narrow
Interpretation of “Responsible Corporate Officer,” published as a note in the
Spring 1999 edition of the SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL, and The
Submarine War in the Pacific, published in the Spring 1996 edition of the WAR
STUDIES JOURNAL, King’s College, London.
Mr. Shook is married to the former Hayden Donehue
and the family includes two children, Andrew and Julia.
Finkel Law Firm LLC
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Timothy Brown
Judge Timothy L. Brown was born September 17, 1946. He was raised by his grandparents, the late Dr. William Wilson Brown and Annabelle Davis Brown.
Judge Brown has served in the US Marine Corps. Judge Brown graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in government. He graduated in 1976 from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Judge Brown has worked for Legal Services of Western Carolina in Greenville, SC and has been in private practice from 1979 up to his election to Family Court Judge in 1998. His law practice of 23 years consisted primarily of matters to do with Family Court, (custody and equitable division), Appellate Court, Federal Court as well as municipal, criminal and civil courts. Judge Brown has lectured at CLE seminars as well as JCLE seminars. He has also lectured to the Guardian's Program and taught Family and Business Law at Greenville Technical College.
Judge Brown was elected by the General Assembly as Family Court Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat No. 6 on May 5, 1998.
Judge Brown married Sharon Johnson Brown August 30, 1968 and they have two (2) children. He is a member of the Masons, Scottish Rite, Shrine & Rotary and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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